Category Archives: Open Source

The Importance of Application Security

Posted on 24/08/2010 by Roger

I think I told the story thousands of time and everybody knows it but I will do it the 1001st time now . When I joined Microsoft and became what is the Chief Security Advisor for Switzerland today, we had … Continue reading →

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Open Source and Hackers

Posted on 09/06/2010 by Roger

The debate is probably as old as the Open Source software development model: Which one is more secure: Open Source or shared source as we at Microsoft run it? I know that we could now enter a religious debate about … Continue reading →

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SharePoint External Collaboration Toolkit moved to Codeplex

Posted on 14/10/2009 by Roger

Quite a while ago I blogged about the SharePoint External Collaboration Toolkit. I just wanted to make you aware that this toolkit is now moved to Codeplex and can be found here: http://cks.codeplex.com/ Roger

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Mozilla Patches Fastest. NOT!

Posted on 09/03/2009 by Roger

I only believe the statistics I forged myself So, once more, there is a debate on which browser is the most secure, who fixed which vulnerabilities how fast. The Secunia Report 2008 was just published and it seems that this … Continue reading →

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Bug Hidden for more than 25 Years

Posted on 20/05/2008 by Roger

Wow, this was impressive: A Swiss Developer posted on Saturday a blog that he found a bug which remained hidden for more than 25 years: When seekdir() Won’t Seek to the Right Position. BTW: It is in BSD, where the … Continue reading →

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The Debate on Security Metrics

Posted on 20/05/2008 by Roger

Recently I was sitting on a panel which was pretty heterogeneous: There was a representative from IBM (actually from former ISS), customers, a representative from the Open Source community (who actually, during his presentation always said how bad our security … Continue reading →

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